When Radiohead released Kid A in 2000, they didn't just change their sound; they built a new sonic architecture. It was the sound of a band dismantling their own success with sledgehammers and rebuilding it with synthesizers.
Everything In Its Right Place
The opening track is a brutalist monument. The repeating keys are like concrete slabs. Thom Yorke's voice is processed, cut up, and rearranged like data packets. It's not a song about feeling isolated; it's a simulation of isolation itself.
The Ice Age Coming
There's a coldness to the album that feels prophetic. It predicted the digital alienation we feel today, scrolling through feeds at 3 AM, connected to everyone but touching no one.